Barnes, Leon Thomas Victor, Major, 7th Battalion, King’s Shropshire Light Infantry
He was awarded the MC
Died of wounds 29th June 1918
Aged 35
Son of Cornelius and Emmie Barnes, of Edgbaston, Birminham
Buried in Sandpits British Cemetery, Fouquereuil, France, Grave Reference: II K 8

Officers Died in the Great War:
Leon Thomas Victor Banks, 5th Battalion (Territorial), Royal Warwickshire Regiment

Medal Roll:
Royal Warwickshire Regiment

1911 Census:
Born Birmingham, Warwickshire
A commercial traveller
Son of Cornelius W., a school attendance officer, and Emmie M. Barnes, of 389, Gillott Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham, Warwickshire

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